Saturday, March 23, 2013

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG  (English: Bavarian Motor Works), commonly known as BMW, is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1917. BMW is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad. BMW is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers, along with Audi and Mercedes-Benz, which are the three best selling luxury automakers in the world.

BMW was established as a business entity following a restructuring of the Rapp Motorenwerke aircraft manufacturing firm in 1917. After the end of World War I in 1918, BMW was forced to cease aircraft engine production by the terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. The company consequently shifted to motorcycle production in 1923, once the restrictions of the treaty started to be lifted followed by automobiles in 1928–29.
The first car which BMW successfully produced and the car which launched BMW on the road to automobile production was the Dixi, it was based on the Austin 7 and licensed from the Austin Motor Company in Birmingham, England.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars which is owned by the German Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi. Lamborghini's production facility and headquarters are located in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy.

Automobile Lamborghini S.p.A, commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is the Italian manufacturer of expensive luxury sports cars, known for producing high-performance, stylish and high speed and two-door, two-seated sport cars that serve as a great competition to Ferrari.

The company is named after its founder Ferruccio Lamborghini who was a successful tractor manufacturer before he got interested in sports cars. It was his interest in sports cars that made him buy many different high-performance cars including both Maseratis and Ferraris. He founded his own company in 1963, which used to be an independent company, but now it is a subsidiary of the German company Audi AG. Lamborghini went bankrupt in 1978 and was sold to Chrysler a long time before Audi AG became the sole owner of the company in 1988.
Lamborghini has rolled out models such as the four-seat Espada and various V8 sports cars, but it is their mid engine super cars that have gained significant popularity.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Unilever




Unilever is an Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2011 revenues (after Procter & Gamble and NestlĂ©) and the world's largest maker of ice cream.

 Industry     Consumer goods
Founded     1930
Founder(s)    Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh and William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme
Headquarters     Unilever House,London, United Kingdom Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Area served     Worldwide
Key people     Michael Treschow (Chairman),Paul Polman,(CEO)
Products     Foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products